Project

Safeguarding semba by creating new levers for intergenerational transmission and income-generating opportunities

Benefitting country(ies): Angola

Implemented by the Instituto Nacional do Património Cultural (INPC), this two-year project aims to establish suitable conditions for safeguarding semba, a traditional musical genre and dance, by creating opportunities for intergenerational transmission and income generation. Rooted in working-class neighbourhoods, semba is a symbol of Angolan identity-building and anticolonial resistance. However, lately it has begun to lose influence and significance among

Financial assistance:
US$ 86,050 granted in 2024
Dates of implementation:
31/03/2025 - 30/03/2027
Documents:
Request form ICH-04: English|French
Budget and timetable: English|French

Strengthening capacities for periodic reporting under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa

Benefitting country(ies): Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Somalia South Sudan Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

Africa is the fourth region to be undertaking periodic reporting under the revised regional cycle approved by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention Decision 14.COM 8. The present project aims to strengthen the human and institutional capacities of States Parties in the region, in conducting a thorough review of the state of safeguarding policies, programmes, and initiatives in

News and activities:

2024-04-22 – Milestone achieved as Africa participates in its first regional cycle of periodic reporting

Project budget:
US$ 250,000
Source:
Saudi Arabia Funds-in-Trust
Dates of implementation:
01/07/2023 - 01/07/2024

Safeguarding and promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage in Central Africa

Benefitting country(ies): Angola Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon

Project budget:
US$ 59,571
Source:
UNESCO - Regular budget
Dates of implementation:
01/01/2020 - 31/12/2021

Strengthening national capacities for effective intangible cultural heritage safeguarding in selected PALOP countries

Benefitting country(ies): Angola Cabo Verde Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Sao Tome and Principe

The project aims to built national capacity in these Portuguese speaking countries to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage. The project pays particular attention at building a critical level of experience and knowledge, both in government institutions, civil society and in selected communities. Another aim of the project is to prepare a regional cooperation mechanism amongst Lusophone countries in Africa in

News and activities:

2016-05-09 – Portuguese-speaking African countries assess project achievements
2016-05-09 – Regional final workshop of the capacity building project in Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)

Project budget:
US$ 1,058,905
Source:
Norway earmarked contribution to the Fund
Dates of implementation:
01/01/2012 - 01/05/2016
Documents:
Final Project Report: English
Progress report (11-2014): English
Progress report (12-2015): English
This Culture that leads you to know how to be - part 1: English|French|Portuguese
This Culture that leads you to know how to be - part 2: English|French|Portuguese
This Culture that leads you to know how to be - part 3: English|French|Portuguese

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